Re: lynx-dev bug report

[Leonid Pauzner]

23-Jul-99 01:34 Frederic L. W. Meunier wrote:
> "Leonid Pauzner" <address@hidden> wrote:
>>I have no idea what lynx versions RedHat ships
>>but this problem already fixed nearly a year ago.
>>1998-10-24 (2.8.1rel.1)

> RedHat 5.2: 1227453 Oct 1998 lynx-2.8.1-5.src.rpm
> RedHat 6.0: 1540093 Apr 1999 lynx-2.8.1-11.src.rpm

> Yes, I'm a RedHat user but dislike their version scheme. WTF is 2.8.1-5 and
> 2.8.1-11? I know that -XXX is a rebuild with or without modifications by the
> RedHat developers. They make patches for some stuff but I don't know if they
> changed anything in Lynx.

> So, if 2.8.1rel.1 is from 19981024, what's 2.8.1-5? A pre version?
> And 2.8.1-11? If 2.8.1-5 is 2.8.1rel.1, why 2.8.1-11 have 250kb more? Strange.

What version does '=' Info Page show?
(perhaps they have not changed internal version number,
just set rpm package name?).